Transcript The Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad
Isaak, Lindsay, Justin, Alec
Facts / Cause
• The Battle of Stalingrad was fought in the winter of 1942 to 1943. it was
considered the turning point of WWII. The War consisted of Nazi Germany
and its allies against the Soviet Union. They were fighting over the city
Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The Battle of Stalingrad is considered
the bloodiest in the history of warfare.
Numbers
Nazi Germany
Led by Paulus
1,0011,500 men
10,290 artillery guns
675 tanks
1,216 planes
Soviet Union
Led by Zhukov
1,000,500 men
13,541 artillery guns
894 tanks
1,115 planes
Casualties and losses
750,000 killed or wounded
91,000 captured
Aircraft: 900 (including 274 transports
and 165 bombers used as transports)
478,741 killed or missing
650,878 wounded and sick
40,000+ civilian dead
4,341 tanks
15,728 guns and mortars
2,769 combat aircraft
Total: 841,000 casualties
Total: 1,129,619 casualties
Effect
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Some of the effects that the battle of
Stalingrad had was the numbers of
casualties to do with the battle.
150,000 Germans died and 91,000
were captured by the Russians. Only
5,000 soldiers made it home alive after
years at Russian prison camps. All
together the Germans lost around
300,000 soldiers and the Russians lost
around 500,000 also including civilians.
In addition to the casualties the
Germans also lost there image of being
invincible which boosted Russian,
British and American morale. It became
clear that the battle at Stalingrad was a
major turning point of WWII.
Significance
• The German Army was much of a disaster, almost an entire army
was lost and 91,000 Germans were taken prisoner. The Germans
didn’t have enough manpower to compete with the Russians. They
were in retreat on the Eastern Front from February 1943 on.
• “In his fury, Hitler ordered a day’s national mourning in Germany,
not for the men lost at the battle, but for the shame von Paulus had
brought on the Wehrmacht and Germany.”
• Hitler was so angry with Paulus that he remover Paulus from his
rank, blaming Paulus for the loss not himself. Hitler commented:
“The God of war has gone over to the other side”
Resources
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_stalingrad.htm
http://ww2-pictures.com/snipers-stalingrad.jpg
http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/ilw1/ilw0468.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/stalingrad2.jpg
http://www.2worldwar2.com/stalingrad.htm
http://ww2-aircraft.com/images/battles/Stalingrad-4.jpg